Man trying to stop bandit dodges bullets

A street sweeper was shot at as he tried to stop a robbery early today, WOAI-TV reports.

The man was pumping gas about 3 a.m. at a Murphy Express on Southeast Military Drive near Brooks City-Base when a bandit robbed the store and made off with the clerk’s wallet and purse, the station says.

He tried to follow the robber as he got into a getaway car, police said, but the robber fired a couple of shots that hit the street sweeper’s bumper.

The street sweeper called police, who told him not to pursue the robber.